ring flood light camera and ring door bell. have had them for a couple weeks now. its a love hate relationship. the flood lights pick up a ton of movement in the driveway, every cat, squirrel, car passing by ect. It has picked up a couple people walking in the alley at 3-4 in the morning. they never came into the drive way to check out the truck or anything... but i imagine thats just a matter of time. you can adjust the sensitivity to the movement it picks up. still playing with that. The ring door bell is nice, the front of the house doesn't have near the activity so thats nice.

This is something I was wanting to look into after seeing my Nieces setup. I need to find out who she has hers with. We were having lunch and her phone alerted and it shown her a video of a delivery driver parking in front and walking up to the house and it was crystal clear.

I've got a home dvr system and Ring system using the floodlight cams, doorbell, and standalone cam ..
the Ring system is real nice..
be sure to include any wireless network accesspoints/extenders (you dont have to buy them from Ring) into whatever you are doing though. It requires a good signal to be worth a ****.
Do wish they would spend a little more development on the ability to have a single page to live monitor all the systems.

Daughter moved into a new house. We looked at many cameras. These were cheap and I thought to good to be true.

I installed the 4, 3 outside and 1 inside. My jaw dropped at the clarity of these cheap cameras. She monitors them on her smart phone and an alarm sounds when motion is detected off the cameras.

Video is super clear even at night. You can upgrade the system to store in I cloud. She is doing the free one though. I was impressed. Down side is they are not wireless but she has plugs in close proximity.

I have a ReoLink 16 camera system that I got from Amazon. I've had it running since January without a single issue. Set-up was easy too. It's a wired system but has POE so you only run 1 CAT6 cable to each camera.

I went with the Arlo 4 camera wireless system. Comes with its own router and you can set it up to send you text messages when the camera is activated. Nice color during the day and clear black and white at night.

Also what we have hard wired with 4k Lorex cameras. Enhanced video is pretty sharp especially at night. Probably not the cheapest of choices but no monthly service fees I figure it's a better investment over time. Most important thing the wife really likes it.

ring flood light camera and ring door bell. have had them for a couple weeks now. its a love hate relationship. the flood lights pick up a ton of movement in the driveway, every cat, squirrel, car passing by ect. It has picked up a couple people walking in the alley at 3-4 in the morning. they never came into the drive way to check out the truck or anything... but i imagine thats just a matter of time. you can adjust the sensitivity to the movement it picks up. still playing with that. The ring door bell is nice, the front of the house doesn't have near the activity so thats nice.

Hang in there. Keep making tweeks to the coverage area. Took me 3 weeks to tune mine. Had to add time settings also.
Crazy sensitive.

I have Amcrest. The wife had Vivint . Same house. My cameras are easy to check and replay from my phone. Her’s are great for doorbell, better at night, have a bit of a lag, but you can communicate back and forth with them. If I could pair the two systems, I would have a perfect system. I am going to look further into Vivint to see if they have a DVR and other camera options. She set it up while I was away working for the security system.

I put in an Amcrest 4 channel last year. I chose hardwired cams and a 1TB hard drive.

It dose what I need and haven't had any issues. If i was going to do it again, I would go with more channels. You can buy an 8 or 12 channel system that comes with only 4 cams, in case you want to add more cams later.

We live in a very quiet and established neighborhood, but driveway theives have become common. They drive accrossed town to quiet neighborhoods to do their midnight shopping... I caught a meth head chick on cam stealing my circular saw out of my truck bed, and a teenager ripping the American flag off my front porch.

Had a 400$ package ripped open and contents stolen from our front poarch yesterday... Welcome to Houston I guess...

Was suppose to have a ring installed on monday and then it was pushed to Tuesday and then nothing from the handyman..... also didn’t know the company sending the package was sending a whole new bag when my wife just needed straps to fix her old bag. Knowing that we would’ve made shipping require a signature...

Have to go wireless so arlo and blink are two of the main ones I’m looking at so any other reviews would be greatly appreciated

I recently setup Blink on the outside of two of my places. They work good. I have to take down a wind chime on the porch because it picks up the movement. They had the 5 camera system for $100 off the other day.

The distance the camera can be from the puck is limited. I’m guessing 50 feet or so. It sends me videos and has free cloud storage. Easy to setup but the back cover is hard to get open and closed.

Arlo Pro wireless (not the Arlo Pro 2s...as others have said they have poor battery life). I have 3 of them on my house and average about 6 months of battery life per camera before recharging. They're awesome and the online service is free.

Did my original system with Swann but they quit updating their web interface. sold all that and went to Flir/Lorex this year. Setup was as easy as scanning a QR code with my phone. Really happy with it. This is a wired 4 camera system

1) Download app
2) Plug in the sync box (basically how the cameras communicate to your phone) close to your wifi router for best performance.
3) Hook up your sync box to the wifi.
4) Once the system is up and running you can start adding cameras. Click the add button then either type in the serial # or you can scan the code with your phone. 2AA batteries per camera and they come with them.
5) Place camera in desired location and take a test shot to make sure they are communicating.
6) Add the rest of the cameras.

The app is set up where you can take a live photo or video to check in at anytime. When you want to you can arm the system to record anywhere from 5 sec videos to 1 min and sent to the cloud for storage along with you being notified on your phone when motion is detected. We have 4 cameras and can select/deselect which ones you want armed and detecting motion which is a nice feature. Video quality is fine and no major complaints as of yet. 1 way audio so you can listen in to video.

Cons:
1) There looks to be a 2-3 second lag on video but that very well could be how I am mounting the cameras and need to point them at a better angle to catch motion sooner.
2) The outdoor mounts I bought (3 pack for 15$ expectations were not very high) Get the job done but will only deter a thief from stealing the cameras themselves if they wanted for 15-20 seconds before they have them screwed off. (I'm dealing with low outside walls so a chance I'm having to risk)

Here are a few photos of the app for a idea.
The folder in the top right is where your videos are stored and tells you how much storage you have left along with how often you want things written over to maintain enough storage room. The running guy symbol is what you can select and deselect for motion detection. The lines with scroll dots is the settings for each camera.
Its always displaying the newest photo on the home screen.

Overall satisfied and will update as it goes on. Storage is free and no monthly fees. Also the Camera's are strictly battery powered but have a micro usb (I believe) plug in for a hard power connect and I plan on doing that for the inside camera.

Tip: Prime day is July 16th for amazon prime members and in the past they discount their products more often then not so could be a time to save on the system since its a amazon product if you are interested.